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Updated our display name today. It previously was comicsansms.
Anyway, what prompted us to log into the forum today is we wanted to delete a secondary Github account that's in {deadname}.
That made us open {deadname} email account, and we found out someone with {deadname} created a Home Depot account using our {deadname} email. They'd made 21 orders since creating the account less than 2 months ago. That's frankly impressive!
(We've texted them to know what's up. Yay for free international texts!)
So we decided to go through our password manager and delete or update any online account that used that email. LTT was on that list!
It's really really weird having indirect contact with someone with my deadname. It's just really uncommon, so I kinda forget there's about 3 people in the world with it.
On a similar note, one of our friends pre-transititon created a Facebook group of all the people with her deadname. Recently, one of those people messaged her to say "apparently we have even more things in common now!". They didn't chose the same name as her, but that's soo cute and sweet
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I ran a half marathon on Sunday, and they gave us a participation medal. Instead of paying the outrageous grocery-store prices for the marathon to engrave it for us, xssfox helped me out and we engraved it in her CNC mill.
I'm quite happy with the results
XSS engraving hers:
Incase you were wondering what I look like running half a marathon:
Spoiler
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I feel like I log out of this forum, and after each forum update I'm magically signed in again. Anyway I'm thriving. I started HRT last year, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.
Life complicated because of trans, work, and my uni is frankly terrible. But through that, I can see myself having a future now, and I can love myself for who I am.
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am I wrong?
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I mean, didn't they release the 2 different BQ series, a B3, a BT and a BV around the same time a few years ago? They do it because they know retailers will stock their shit, and each skew is given equal precedence on an online stores. Basically, it means when a consumer picks a random PSU (because consumers don't know PSUs), they have a much higher probability of it being an EVGA supply. It might also be because of supply issues. So that also solves that problem. They know exactly what they are doing. They know also know people will likely buy from an established brand over a not establish brand, so retails will pick their new skews over smaller brands skews.
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AT&T Issues, not sure what to do.
alexhelvetica replied to aeoniantech43's topic in Phones and Tablets
What I reckon's happening, you don't have a phone with the 4G bands that are compatible with your carrier's network Check what 4G bands your phone has, and what your carrier has in your area. Check the other carrier's bands in your area too. If your phone doesn't support the 4G bands your carrier has, you either have to change carriers, or change phones. Buying phones in America apparently sucks. Everything's either locked, or has only the bands to work on 1 carrier well. The rest of the world can buy any old phone and it'll work -
Using a Molex->SATA adapter in an Optiplex GX520?
alexhelvetica replied to BadBoyHaloCat's topic in Power Supplies
A GX520? A PC with like 2 SATA ports, and you want to put 3 SATA HDDs in it? Mate, it is eWaste. Pentium 4 powered eWaste. -
PSU makers that have janky warranties
alexhelvetica replied to NZKshatriya's topic in Power Supplies
hmmmm... Think about what makes a good manager... He is quite careful at what he says. He doesn't recommend products, just gives input on what's provided. You are some teen on the internet, and understand the gist of the Magnuson-Moss act, however, you don't know it. Everything you say is your speculation, not the facts. -
PSU makers that have janky warranties
alexhelvetica replied to NZKshatriya's topic in Power Supplies
Founder of JonnyGuru.com; a PSU review website. And now the PSU R&D manager at Corsair -
Can apple just release the M2 air already. My Elitebook 840 G1 is painfully slow. A i7 4600U was slow in 2013, and now it is 2021
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buy a refurb elitebook 840 G3/4/5, they're heaps better, can be had for a fair price, replacement batteries are publicly available, you can upgrade/replace your RAM, SSD, and wifi module, *and* you can even add a 4G module to them.
i expect now that HP has officially dropped their slim docks, all the old models that cant charge off usb c will be flowing into the refurb channels REAL fast...
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Yeah, I think now I just want a new laptop that I can have for 8 years, and I don't have to worry about finding a steal on eBay.
My old Elitebook 8470P had a 3G module. Windows really struggled with it. If the coverage dropped out for 30 seconds, the computer would take another 10 min to get internet working again. I'd usually just end up hot-spotting on my phone when I was watching YouTube on the train. I only put a SIM in my laptop because my grandpa died, and he had a 12month data plan.
My next laptop will either going to be a EliteBook 845 G8 (when they come out, if they come out in Australia), ThinkPad T14 AMD (Gen 2, if and when they come out), or the M2 Air or Pro, but really I am thinking about MacOS because they are the best for education. Kinda ironic I am getting one now when I have just over a year to go at uni xD.I hate Type C and Thunderbolt docks, but now that's the standard so it's either buying a 3yo Elitebook or lol nah.
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Up, you are a bank, not a life-style brand.
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10 hours ago, manikyath said:
i get something like 0.1% over here.. it's at a point where my bank is actually costing me money now.
Ouch...
I just checked up. Up is now at 0.7% pa. My 3.0% account charged me bank fees last month, but I think that's because I went over the maximum savings threshold.
I will keep my up account for a while. 0% international currency conversion fee. 0% international use fee. Would be an extremely nice card to use overseas because of that (And I am at the savings limit on my westpac account).
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Really, I should look around. I have more than 10k US in savings, and I am not looking at buying property anytime soon, so really it's going to just sit there for years.
Gee, I wish I had a decent paying job now. It is the time to buy apartments in Melbourne now.
Because of people's reactions to the 2nd lockdown, they are moving in droves to the suburbs or regional VIC (and there's no new international students or migrants) so there's now apartments selling for 40% less than what the owner bought it for in 2002.
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This guide seems to work to do some of the stuff you wanna do, https://superuser.com/questions/949218/how-to-customize-windows-10-6-folders-in-my-computer I was able to remove Music from This PC. That also hides it from the This PC window screen too.
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Do you have a graphics card lying around? A Ryzen 5 3600 does not have an integrated GPU
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No. 80plus dictates how efficient the PSU is at converting from AC to DC at certain loads. 80plus certification does not dictate how much power a PSU can produce. If the PSU says it is a 550W PSU, it should be able to deliver 550W. However, if a PSU is not 80plus certified, the probability of it cheaping out is getting close to 100%. So the chances of it delivering the stated power is less (Also, will likely be lacking in protections, quality components and will thereby preform poorly). Heck, some lesser-name higher efficiency PSUs, or some well known branded 80plus "white" certified PSUs cannot deliver their advertised wattage. Basically, 80plus tells you how efficient a PSU is, not if it is able to deliver a certain amount of power, or how good of a PSU it is. There are some not very good 80plus platinum units, and there are some pretty good 80plus bronze units. Looking at professional reviews is how you work out if a PSU is good or not, not efficiency. The OP's PSU is not a good PSU
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What is your resolution of your display? Are you running at its native resolution Set the scaling setting to 100%
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